Chapter 16: Return to Beijing (2)
Ruqiu was absolutely unwilling to follow Zhiruo back to Beijing at such a time, if it weren't for Zhiruo's strange attitude towards her today, she really wanted to discourage such a stupid and impulsive behavior. The current Yin family is not the majestic Zhenbei General's Mansion, but a rebellious sinner. Where is the joke to be made?
In her opinion, if she knew that since she had escaped by luck, she should obediently live a low-key life here (anyway, there was silver), how could she throw herself into the net and run back to the capital to be implicated? Even if she was not arrested and questioned, it would be criticized by thousands of people, okay? If you don't get it right, you will be smashed with rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves.
Hearing that she was asked to take care of Gui's mother, Ruqiu's eyes flashed with disdain, isn't there a little maid? Where can she take care of it personally? In her consciousness, Gui's mother is just a wet nurse, and her status as a first-class maid who has always been the most favored and trusted is the same.
She is happy to let Ruqiu make clothes, and there is a hint of habitual pride. Her mother, who has been dead for more than two years, was the top embroiderer in the needlework room of the General's Mansion, and she learned to make purses and handkerchiefs with her mother at the age of three or four. It was also because of this needlework, as well as her good looks and clever temperament, that she was selected by the county lord and became the personal maid by the girl's side.
The girl is the eldest daughter, with a good temperament, innocent and coaxing, and generous, and those who can wait in the girl's yard, even if they are fourth-class rough maids, are almost all the daughters and relatives of the housekeepers. She is the only one who can be said to be a first-class girl on her own terms.
Since she came to the girl at the age of six, her clothes and food have improved by an unknown number of grades, and she has also learned literacy with the girl, which is no worse than the girls from the little rich family, which has always been her pride.
It's just that, alas, I could have gone one step further and waited to be Qiu Shizi's aunt, but now I can only try to let the girl point out a promising steward for herself.
Thinking about it this way, Ruqiu immediately adjusted her depressed feelings, and decided to make those four sets of clothes well, please Zhiruo, and then find an opportunity to explain the "gaffe" in the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion today, so she will still be the first person next to the girl in the future. Without the county lord of Qianxin staring at her, wouldn't her life as a "deputy miss" be better? In the future, she will find a good family affair for herself and coax a good dowry, hehe......
I have to say that Ruqiu is a pragmatic person who knows how to make her life better, and in a short period of time, she has rediscovered the direction and goal of her efforts.
When Yan's mother heard that she wanted to go back to the capital to "confirm the news", she was so frightened that her face turned pale. If she didn't complete the task, where would she dare to see Ye?
Before being called, she was still thinking about how to get the title deeds of several shops, Zhuangzi, and mansions in the capital from Zhiruo to "atone for her sins". She had long known from Ye's words that the second and third rooms of the Yin family would definitely not be implicated by Yin Zhao, and even the official position of the second master Yin could continue to be kept, but Yin Zhiruo could only be a helpless commoner now, how could anyone have been able to fight since ancient times? Not to mention that Yin Zhiruo still had to hide from the sinful ministers of others.
Therefore, as long as she can secretly get those few things, Second Master Yin will definitely be able to turn them into the second room "legally", and he will definitely find a way to keep her and transfer her deed to the second room.
But now...... Now, Yin Zhiruo suddenly wanted to return to Beijing, and his attitude was resolute, he was not ready to listen to her at all, and he didn't even look at her twice.
When she went back to the capital like this, how would she explain to the Ye family? Will the Ye family immediately recover from her brother the gambling debt of 3,000 taels of silver? Also, her eight-year-old son, who had been lost for almost three years, was still in the hands of the Ye family.
Mother Yan felt that she was almost driven crazy: "Girl, what is going on with you today? Ignoring the painstaking efforts of the county lord and the general, you have to go to the capital to take an adventure now? Do you know what you are doing? Girl, listen to the old slave's words, you must not let the county lord and the general die blindly!"
Zhiruo suppressed his anger, glanced at her coldly, and said, "Mom, I came to you to inform you that you are going to go back to Beijing with me, not to discuss with you, let alone listen to your lessons." You can rest assured, my father and mother will be very pleased and agree with this qiē I have done. On the contrary, you, at midnight, will you worry about dreaming of my mother?"
Mother Yan trembled and almost collapsed: "Auntie...... Girl, you ...... What do you mean...... What do you mean? The old slave knows the county lord best, but he persuades the girl according to the county lord's wishes. Don't you remember what the lord and the general said before you went out?"
Zhiruo sneered unabashedly with sarcasm: "Okay, you go back to your house and prepare, my father and mother can't count that the Qiu family will be ungrateful and degrade his wife as a concubine." My mother has followed my mother since she was a child, don't you know what my mother's personality is?"
Mother Yan was once again shocked by the coldness and ridicule on Zhiruo's face, she grew up watching the girl, when had she ever seen such a face, today's girl is so weird!
She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but was pulled out by Ruchun: "Mom, you better get ready, we're going to go on the road early tomorrow morning." Even if you're not tired, the girl is also tired today and has to rest. ”
Zhiruo took Rudong's hand and entered the inner room, ignoring Yan's mother again. It's still useful for her to keep this treacherous minion, otherwise, hum!
That night, after Tie Muyuan returned to Zhuangzi, he saw Zhiruo again, and also found Qi Bo and Aunt Qiang: "Lord Lin, the prefect of Luocheng, is not bad, and he has also received the favor of the general Wang, the father of the county lord of Qianxin, and I have entrusted him." If something is difficult, or if someone provokes something or something like that, you can go to him. ”
Qi Bo and the others hurriedly responded, and thanked them repeatedly, and the few of them were still discussing today, but they were afraid that soon there would be many ruffians, bullies, mountain bandits, and the like who knew that their girl's dowry was huge, but they did not rely on it, and the money was tricky! Although they also had a lot of guards and organs on their Zhuangzi, how many groups of people could they resist? The bandits were afraid of officials, and with the prefect taking care of them, they naturally had a lot of peace of mind.
Zhiruo suddenly realized a strict problem, this is in ancient times, not in the twenty-first century when the legal system is sound and the law and order are guaranteed, she is a young woman with a rich property, which is no different from a young child holding a thousand taels of gold.
It is better to rely on others than on oneself, even if Governor Lin repays his grandfather's kindness and takes care of them a little more, it can only be an expedient measure in the short term. If you want to really protect yourself and your younger siblings, you still have to quickly increase your strength after all.
P.S.: I'm delayed today, and yesterday's update will be very late, so let's come back tomorrow morning.
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